More than $50,000 of monetary donations and radiothon pledges for Mama Kafo and Papa Pae Tuteru from the village of Oire Nikao in a combined effort to assist them after their two-storey home in Nikao was destroyed by a fire earlier this month.
for the tonga community, obviously notjust on the island nation, but in fiji, which i understand has quite a sizeable community. yes, quite a number of us are here. as well as in other countries, and we have already been pulled as well as in other countries, and we have all really been pulled together by this event. it is really unifying a lot of us around the globe, so there were numerous programmes where everyone had come together to pray and encourage each other as we wait together for any updates. in the early hours of this unfolding, i imagine it was very difficult to get any sort of communication from loved ones from the area. talk us through how you and yourfriends in fiji tried to get in touch with family members? not a lot of us were actually aware of what was going on. we understood that there was a tsunami warning, but it had been so long
pandemic but since the response so farfrom pandemic but since the response so far from tonga pandemic but since the response so farfrom tonga in light pandemic but since the response so far from tonga in light of the pandemic has been very strong, closing borders, vaccinating people, this is a good scenario to start with in terms of delivering aid. find with in terms of delivering aid. and new zealand has a large tonga community. i wonder how they are responding to this development. community members are about to meet. i ve been speaking with church leaders as well, they have been responding incredible amount of support already, swinging into actionjust overnight i support already, swinging into action just overnight i received a message from one of the church members here. and all say the group is meeting and they are going to form a relief committee which will be formed soon. so preparations are underway. it is notjust the tonga community in new zealand but aid